I went from an S60R to a Volt with nary a regret. The thing I miss the most are the seats from God on the Volvo.

You guys really ought to make an effort to learn the difference between dry weight and curb weight. Then perhaps learn about Ferrari dry weight, actual dry weight, and drivable curb weight.

Not in the Polestar. Full 362 from the engine. No battery or motor on that model.

Volvo has 362 HP from a 2 liter.

Sounds exactly like an LT motor through the quiet mode of a two mode exhaust. I’m not sure what the cause of debate here is?

It’s also worth noting that Ford’s EPA numbers are most-kindly described as “optimistic” while, in my experience, Rams often outperform their claimed numbers (as do GM trucks). Ram is getting excellent performance from simple, proven engines (port injection/NA) and transmissions. They've clearly spent the balance of…

than doing*

Winning at LeMans tells me exactly nothing as long as BOP is a thing (Remember, Aston Martin won that class at LeMans pretty recently too). The street GT has done absolutely nothing of note and given the compromises made in terms of usability, it should be many seconds/lap faster than anything else and it just isn’t.…

I don't even see safety squints engaged. If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough!

As an engineer, something which frustrates me to no end is people correlating complexity with technology. Actuating valves directly with belt-driven bumpsticks is not difficult. In fact, it’s less challenging that doing so reliably and precisely with pushrods. Nothing about the parts configuration is very notable in…

I’m waiting for the Ford GT to show a single area of performance dominance which illustrates the reason for the V-6 over some glorious form of the Gt350/500 engine. It’s not fast in a straight line, it’s not setting lap records anywhere that matters, and it sounds, at best, like a tuned GTR. I’ve yet to see a single…

My guess is that it’s so blatantly obvious that it’s an LS-based motor that they never suspected anyone would read into the intent of their statements. I mean... nobody making an LS-based motor is going to use 100% custom parts given the quality and quantity of the aftermarket.

And Hennessey’s block is CNC machined by an aftermarket supplier as well. Having some experience in CNC blocks, most are built to a set of specifications unique to the project. It is quite likely the block in the F5 is different than anything else they’ve done (although likely not by much), and thus bespoke.

Of course it’s an LS-based engine (I mean...look at it). Koeniggsegg has used Ford Mod motor and (more recently) Coyote-based engines for years, but nobody gives him crap about it. There is a lot to building an engine which produces 1600 HP on pump reliably. Whether or not they use an off-the-shelf billet block or…

Naw. Standard stainless precision housings on the turbos. That size of turbo is quite drivable on an engine approaching 8L. Those aren’t nearly as big as some of the units I’ve experienced on TT Vipers. It won’t be the experience of a modern turbo engine, but it won’t be a laggy Supra either. Given the off-boost…

According to the bee guy in the video, that was a pesticide. He only uses smoke on honeybees, which he saves. 

YSP-5600. Nothing else comes close.

YSP-5600. Nothing else comes close.

Reactor designer here...incidentally of high temperature reactors. No nuclear reactor being built in the 1960s was melting rock unless they turned a NERVA around, which is somewhat counterproductive to forward progress. Reactors, contrary to popular belief, do not run that hot. Commercial water reactors run about 626F…

Many of the big automakers had it working many years ago. Prototype isn’t production.